© TWO suspected copper cables thieves were electrocuted while trying to cut copper cables from overhead power lines in Bulawayo’s Woodville suburb. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the badly burnt bodies, which are yet to be identified, were discovered on Monday. [GoogleAd] “Two people tried to steal Zesa Holdings (Zesa) copper cables and they…
© CORES of female artistes will this year grace the Women, Wine and Words Festival (WWWF) to be held from October 24 to 26 at Theatre in the Park in Harare. WWWF will be bringing to the stage multi-award winning and internationally-acclaimed dance extraordinaire, Agathe Djokam from Cameroon and Spoken Word sensation and award-winning Kenyan…
© ZANU PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has filed a $10 million defamation suit against the ruling party’s youth league deputy secretary, Lewis Matutu. In the court papers filed last Friday, Mpofu told the court that the litigation arose from an incident on June 24 this year, when Matutu addressed a press conference at…
© FOREST estates and saw-milling company Border Timbers (Border) says its lumber production for the year to June 2019 was significantly affected by Cyclone Idai as well as power outages. The company, which is currently under judicial management, produced 68 896 cubic metres of timber during the period, down from 89 140 cubic metres in…
© A ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Right’s attempt to have an independent pathologist examine the body of Hilton Tamangani, who passed away in remand prison on Saturday, was dismissed yesterday. Harare magistrate Richard Ramaboa said the magistrates’ court had no jurisdiction to hear the matter and ordered the State to commence investigations into the circumstances…
© METEOROLOGICAL Services Department (MSD) has predicted that very hot weather will prevail throughout the weekend and urged the public to drink plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration. The country is experiencing high temperatures, with Gwanda and Lupane recording maximum temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius for the past two days, MSD head of forecasting,…
© OPPOSITION parties yesterday came out guns blazing, accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa of seeking to con- solidate power through a raft of constitutional amendments, among them, repealing the clause on presidential polls running mates. This comes after Cabinet on Monday approved various constitu- tional amendments “perceived to be contradictory or conflicting, thereby rendering implementation of…
© EDITOR — Government has to address the fuel crisis with the kind of urgency it deserves. Our economy is on the brink of collapse and further delays in fixing the fuel crisis will further hurt this fragile economy. The minister of Energy will need to move with speed and get his act together to…
© OVER 20 000 mine workers will lose their jobs due to mechanisation currently being invested in by most mines, the Daily News can report. Robotics and driverless technology have taken over at some of Zimbabwe’s mines to enhance efficiency in the mining sector, which contributes around 16 percent of the country’s GDP. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe…
EDITOR — College and university lecturers must desist from asking for sexual favours from female students in return for academic favours. The issue of sexual harass- ment has been in the limelight for some time now without any solutions to nip it in the bud. Sexual harassment in tertiary institutions has been a burning issue…
